From on board Amtrak's Southwest Chief, here we knock down a semaphore signal as our train quickly traverses the high-desert terrain while a thunderstorm brews in the distance.
Number 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, is "one-lungged" today after giving his second unit to #5 at Denver the evening before. The train is now 5 hours late as it passes BNSF's Gibson Yard in... (more)
Amtrak’s California Zephyr meets a westbound BNSF freight at Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 28, 2014. In a half hour or so, eastbound No. 6 be in Denver, seen on the horizon jutting u... (more)
In its Penn Central days, one of the unique ex-New Haven Roger Williams RDC cab units departs Boston's South Station on an evening commuter run, mated with a standard RDC.